TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 5.0:
Workforce
Chart 5.1:
Total Number of Active Physicians per 1,000 Persons, 1980 – 2007
Chart 5.2:
Total Number of Active Physicians per 1,000 Persons by State, 2007
Chart 5.3:
Medical and Dental Residents in Training in Community Hospitals, 1988 – 2008
Chart 5.4:
Total Full-time Equivalent Employees Working in Hospitals, 1988 – 2008
Chart 5.5:
Full-time Equivalent Employees per Adjusted Admission, 1988 – 2008
Chart 5.6:
Number of RN Full-time Equivalent Employees and RN FTEs per Adjusted
Admission, 1988 – 2008
Chart 5.7:
RN Full-time Equivalents as a Percentage of Total Hospital Full-time
Equivalents, 1988 – 2008
Chart 5.8:
Number of Physicians by Age, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2008
Chart 5.9:
RN Employment by Type of Provider, 1980 – 2008
Chart 5.10:
Distribution of RN Workforce by Age Group, 1980 – 2020 (Projected)
Chart 5.11:
Annual Percentage Change in Entry Level Baccalaureate Nursing
Enrollment, 1990 – 2008
Chart 5.12:
National Supply and Demand Projections for FTE RNs, 2000 – 2020
Chart 5.1: Total Number of Active Physicians per 1,000 Persons,
1980 – 2007
(1)
(2)
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 1982, 1996-97, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 , and 2009. Hyattsville, MD.
(1)
1980 does not include doctors of osteopathy.
(2)
2004 and later years include both federal and non-federal physicians. Prior to 2003, data included non-federal
physicians only.
Chart 5.2: Total Number of Active Physicians(1) per 1,000 Persons by
State, 2007
RI
DE
DC
3.68
2.62
7.32
<2
2 – 2.50
2.51 – 2.99
3 – 3.99
>4
Source: National Center for Health Statistics. (2010). Health, United States, 2009. Hyattsville, MD.
(1)
Includes active federal and non-federal doctors of medicine and active doctors of osteopathy.
Chart 5.3: Medical and Dental Residents in Training in Community
Hospitals, 1988 – 2008
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2008, for community hospitals.
Chart 5.4: Total Full-time Equivalent Employees Working in Hospitals,
1988 – 2008
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2008, for community hospitals.
Chart 5.5: Full-time Equivalent Employees per Adjusted Admission,(1)
1988 – 2008
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2008, for community hospitals.
(1)
An aggregate measure of workload reflecting the number of inpatient admissions, plus an estimate of the volume of
outpatient services, expressed in units equivalent to an inpatient admission in terms of level of effort.
Chart 5.6: Number of RN Full-time Equivalent Employees and RN FTEs
per Adjusted Admission, 1988 – 2008
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2008, for community hospitals.
Chart 5.7: RN Full-time Equivalents as a Percentage of Total Hospital
Full-time Equivalents, 1988 – 2008
Source: Avalere Health analysis of American Hospital Association Annual Survey data, 2008, for community hospitals.
Chart 5.8: Number of Physicians by Age, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2008
600
550
Age Group
500
450
65 & Over
Age 45 and over
350
300
55-64
250
200
150
45-54
100
50
0
50
Age under 44
Number of Physicians (Thousands)
400
100
35-44
150
200
250
Under 35
300
350
400
1980
1990
2000
Source: American Medical Association. (2010 Edition). Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US.
2008
Chart 5.9: RN Employment by Type of Provider, 1980 – 2008
All Other
Source: Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration. (1980-2008). Findings from the
National Survey of Registered Nurses. Link: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/rnsurvey/.
Chart 5.10: Distribution of RN Workforce by Age Group, 1980 – 2020
(Projected)
2,500
Age
Group
2,000
60s
Age 40 and over
1,000
50s
500
40s
0
Age under 40
Number of RNs (Thousands)
1,500
30s
500
20s
1,000
1980
1990
2000
2004
2010 (proj.)
2020 (proj.)
Source: Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration. (1980-2004). Findings from the
National Survey of Registered Nurses. Link: https://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/nursing.htm. 2010 and 2020
projections derived from The Lewin Group analysis of the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, 2000.
Chart 5.11: Annual Percentage Change in Entry Level Baccalaureate
Nursing Enrollment, 1990 – 2008
Source: American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (1994-2008). Percent Change in Enrollments in Entry-Level
Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: 1994-2008. Link: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/pdf/EnrollChanges.pdf, and Berlin,
L.E. et al. Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing. Washington, DC: AACN.
Chart 5.12: National Supply and Demand Projections for FTE RNs,
2000 – 2020
Shortage of
over 1,000,000
nurses in 2020
Source: National Center For Health Workforce Analysis, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services
Administration. (2004). What Is Behind HRSA’s Projected Supply, Demand, and Shortage of Registered Nurses? Link:
ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/workforce/behindshortage.pdf.